With British Guns in Italy: A Tribute to Italian Achievement

The author provides a first-hand, diary-like account of serving with a British siege battery on the Italian Front during the First World War, combining tactical descriptions of deployments and battles with on-the-ground impressions of towns, landscapes, and allied soldiers. He traces arrival in Italy, actions on the Isonzo and Carso, the Italian summer offensive, the retreat after Caporetto and subsequent reorganization, later fighting on the Asiago plateau and across the Piave, and the final advance into liberated areas. Interwoven are reflections on Anglo-Italian friendship, soldierly character, logistics, and the daily life, hardships, and camaraderie of artillery service.